Middle English Dictionary Entry
nǒun(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nǒun(e n. Also none. |
| Etymology | AF noun; cp. CF nom, non, num, nun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. (a) A noun; ~ abstract, an abstract noun (as opposed to concrete); ~ appellatif, a common noun; ~ collectif, a collective noun; ~ concret, a concrete noun; ~ distributif, a distributive noun; ~ essencial, a noun denoting something having true being rather than accidental existence; ~ ethroglitum, a heteroclite; ~ nocional, ?a noun denoting a concept; ~ partitif, a noun preceding a partitive genitive; ~ substantif, the name of a person or thing, a noun; (b) ~ adjectif, an adjective [see also adjectif (a)]; ~ of askinge, an interrogative pronoun or adjective.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9a/b : A noun [L nomen] essencial is substantif oþer..adiectiue; Of substantiue, he is abstractum oþir concretum oþir mene. Austyn seith þat a noun abstract tokeneþ onliche þe godhede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/a : Nownes concret þat tokeneþ formes in supposet oþir in subiecto beþ concret..Novnes..I-clepid mene..as nounes abstractis beþ I-seid of eueriche persone by hit self and of alle at ones nouȝt in the plurel nombre but in þe singuler.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)10a/b : Som noun nocional is I-seide of tweye persones & of eiþer of hem, as spirans is I-seid of þe fadir & sone, for þe fadir & sone spirith þe holi goost.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)243a/a : Leeke hatte porrum and porrum is a noun Ethroglitum, ffor it is hoc porrum in the synguler and hij porri in þe plurell.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)322a/b : Som men meneþ þat þis noun ouum comeþ of a noun of grew.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)21/17 : Tweyn nombres schal be tokenyde be a nowne, as þis worde foure showys þes tweyn nombres y-broth in-to on hole nombur, þat is 8, for twyes 4 is 8.
- (c1434) Drury Wks.(CmbAdd 2830)81/108 : A genytif case singuler of a nown collectif.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)100 : And also whenne a noune collectyf is the antecedent..Which is the fourthe acorde in grammer? By twene the noune partytyf and the genityf case that folwyth.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)101 : How many maner partyes of reson buther? Eyghte: noun, pronoun, verbe, aduerbe, [etc.].
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)102 : How knowyste a noun substantyf? A party of reson that bytokenyth substaunce wyth qualite and is declined wyth case and article. And so the name of euery thyng in the world is a noun substantyf..How many thynges falleth to a noun? Sixe by the Donet: qualite, comparison, gendre, noumbre, ffygure, and case.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)105 : How knoweste the genityf case by my signes?..Ensample, after a noun distributyf, as 'euerych of vs schall haue hys mede'.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)114 : The propre names of contreys, tounes, or places that be compouned schul folwe the reule of nounes appellatiues.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)32/11 : The mydlonde peple is be-twix þe norþyn & þe sowþirne, as is a participle bee-twix Nowne & Verbe.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.295 : Men of Hebrewe say Cethura to be a nowne appellatiue.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/b : Nomine nounes adiectiue tokeneþ somwhat positif..for somme tokeneth..effect in creatures and somme respect. Also of hem þat tokeneth effect, somme tokeneth it in good habilite, as Iustus, mysericors, riȝtful.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/b : Of nounes adiectiue, somme beþ Iclepid partitiue, as aliquis, alius, and oþur suche.
- (c1434) Drury Wks.(CmbAdd 2830)79/4 : Nown adiectiuis be tokenyng qualite or quantite..may be maad moore or lesse with good centense, as qwhit, blak, wis, lewde, schort.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)102 : How knowest a noun adiectyf? Euery word that is declined by thre articles or by thre diuerse endynges in o case, as hic & hec & hoc felix other as bonus na num.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)109 : How many nounes of askynge haste? viij, viz. quis, qualis, quantus, cuius, cuias, quid, quotus, quot..Whenne hyt [cuius] maketh askyng of possession of a noun adiectyf, thenne me schall answere by a pronoun possessyf.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)114 : Of what case schal the aduerbe be formed?..Whenne of the nominatyf case? Whenne my noune adiectyf endyth in ens or in ans.
2.
A name or cognomen; ~ appropred, a name reserved for God; personal ~, a name denoting a person of the Trinity.
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1325(1261) Liber Cust.Lond.in RS 12.280 : Ces sount les nouns des Wardeyns du mester devauntdit: Roger Gernet, Roberd de Trippelawe. ]
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)8a/b : First me treteth of god & of his names & nownes [L nominibus] þat he is I-nempned by.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9a/b : Eueryche name and none þat is I-seyde of god tokeneth essenciam..Þe novnes þat tokeneth essenciam beþ I-clepid essencialia, & þe nownes þat tokeneth persone personalia.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)10a/a : Of personal nownes somme beþ I-seid of o persone allone, as pater, filius, & spiritus sanctus.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)10b/b : Þeiȝ þe werkes of þe holy Trinite be nouȝt departid, ȝit holy men distingueth somme nounes by þe whiche god is totified.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)10b/b : Nounes approprid beþ ten..in þis manere among þe hebrewes god is I-nempned by ten names.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)11b/a : Also oþir nounes þer beþ þat beth vndirstonde to tokene þinges þat ben I-seide of Crist, goddes sone.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)87a : A Nowne: Nomen, onoma.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)1/12 : For all þat I may fele, here or se þat berys þe name of a thyng, þe name þerof ys a nowne.
Note: Additional quote(s)
- a1475 Peniarth Informacio(1) (Pen 356B)95/99 : For all nownus adiectyuis þat betokyn fulnes or emtenes wyll connstrw whyt the genitiue case and þe ablatyuiffe.
Note: New spelling